Test 1 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the cal…

Ken whit the wee calf did first when he got tae the wild-wood?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ken · What happens: whit, do, get · To what, where: wee calf

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 260 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the calf dies, the boy finds a princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ken	Ken	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 whit	nsubj
2	whit	whit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 calf	det
4	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 calf	amod
5	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whit	obj
6	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 whit	conj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 did	advmod
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 got	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 got	nsubj
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 did	advcl
11	tae	tae	ADP	Foreign=Yes	15 wood	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wood	det
13	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 wood	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 wild	punct
15	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 whit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	whit	past	Ken	the wee calf		tree rules
2	do	past	Ken not said here		first property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get	past	Ken		tae the wild wood	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He fought aw the beasts in the wild-wood, the gallus wee hero that he was

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fought	nsubj
2	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	aw	aw	ADP	_	5 beasts	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beasts	det
5	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fought	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 wood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wood	det
8	wild	wild	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wood	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 wild	punct
10	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fought	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 hero	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hero	det
13	gallus	gallus	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hero	compound
14	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hero	amod
15	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wood	conj
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 was	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 was	nsubj
18	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fought	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	He			the wild wood and the gallus wee hero		aw the beasts	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	be	past	he						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He fought the beasts, the brave wee lad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fought	nsubj
2	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beasts	det
4	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fought	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lad	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lad	det
7	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lad	amod
8	wee	wee	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lad	compound
9	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fought	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	He	the beasts					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Co-Agent

Option 3

Aw the beasts he fought, and the king's dochter he saved, the wee hero

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aw	Aw	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 beasts	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 beasts	det
3	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fought	nsubj
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fought	nsubj
5	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dochter	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 dochter	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dochter	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 king	case
11	dochter	dochter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fought	obl
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 saved	nsubj
13	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 dochter	acl:relcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 hero	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hero	det
16	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 hero	amod
17	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dochter	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	the Aw beasts	the king's dochter and the wee hero					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	save	past	king	the king's dochter and the wee hero not said here					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dochter=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He fought aw the beasts, the gallus wee hero

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fought	nsubj
2	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	aw	aw	ADP	_	5 beasts	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beasts	det
5	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fought	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hero	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hero	det
8	gallus	gallus	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hero	compound
9	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hero	amod
10	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	He	the gallus wee hero				aw the beasts	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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